The above photo was taken at the Carson City, Nevada Cemetery on
Memorial Day, 1898. It was shared with the PCGS by Scott
Benton Wood of New Albany, Indiana, a descendant of Orrin. Along with the
photo was a letter written by Orrin Beckstead, dated April 9, 1898, and information
regarding our subject's heritage.

Scott reports, "The following is from a letter to me from my
aunt, based on a letter from Annie Laura Beckstead, dated April, 1899."

"Orrin Beckstead married Jane Roberts (1849-1943) and had
four (or five) children, including William, Frank, Emma, Joseph Mortimer and my great
grandmother Annie Laura Beckstead. Annie Laura married John Hamilton Wood, Jr., and
had a son, John Orrin Wood, my grandfather.

The listing of privates in Co. A., of the Mormon Battalion
mentions a Gordon S. Beckstead. He was Orrin's cousin, whose father was Alexander
Beckstead. Orrin Beckstead had a brother, Sydney, who died on the plains between
Council Bluffs and Utah, leaving a family of girls."